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Quote by Samuel Johnson
I have always considered it as treason against the great republic

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any mans virtues the means of deceiving him. – Samuel Johnson

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Its proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and dilute the full meals of those who cannot use exercise, and will not use abstinence. – Samuel Johnson

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To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labor tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution. – Samuel Johnson

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What a strange narrowness of mind now is that, to think the things we have not known are better than the things we have known. – Samuel Johnson

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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise. – Tacitus

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The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. – Moliere

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Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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I dont pretend to understand the Universe – its a great deal bigger than I am. – Thomas Carlyle

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